Home Search Login  
Print Bookmark
BYRNE, George Griffing

BYRNE, George Griffing[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]

Male 1864 - 1923  (59 years)

Personal Information    |    Media    |    Sources    |    Event Map    |    All    |    PDF

  • Name BYRNE, George Griffing 
    Birth 19 Apr 1864  Jackson, Jackson, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 8 Jun 1880  137 Maple Avenue, Jackson, Jackson, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    • Maple Ave / Byrne, George Jr / White / Male / Age 16 / Son / Single / Occupation: At School / Birthplace Mich / Birthplace of Father Conn / Birthplace of Mother Penn
    Research Notes Leon Rowland notes had George Byrne arriving in Santa Cruz 1889, but this was most likely Walter Byrne. George Byrne initially lived in San Francisco and Alameda, moving to Santa Cruz in 1895 to co-found Byrne Bros with Walter, who was already living there. 
    Obituary From the front page the Santa Cruz Evening News, 29 Dec 1923:

    Death of George G Byrne Shocks Whole City; Will Be Missed in Business and Social Life of Community

    A great shock to this community is the sudden death last night of George Grifftng Byrne. No citizen could have seemed more sure of a serene old age, still a long way off. He had lived the useful, moderate, sane life which is the best insurance. But the reaper took him in the twinkling of an eye. He was sitting, about 8 o'clock, with his family, when his heart stopped, and he passed from this life without a struggle.

    Mr. Byrne was fifty-nine years of age, a native of Michigan, and son of George Griffing Byrne and his wife Henrietta, both of prominent Jackson families. He was in the hardware business even in the early days, and came to Santa Cruz from Jackson thirty-four years ago, to be with his uncle, the late C. B. Byrne, in the firm of Heath and Byrne. The next year he married Miss Helen Graves, between whom and himself there has ever since been perfect harmony. They have brought up a family of whom any one would be proud; have given them all the best education to be had, all who are old enough being now college graduates, and the younger ones at sohool.

    Twenty-five years ago he, with bis brother Walter, bought out Heath & Byrne, and have made Byrne Bros, a synonym for dependability and progressiveness through a large territory. It is now a large business.

    Mr. Byrne was interested in civic improvement, was a Mason, a faithful and helpful member of the Congregational church over a period of many years, and, to his death; and a charter member of the Y. M. C. A. here. He was domestic in taste, and was more happy at home than anywhere else. But he was a genial friend and acquaintance, with a large circle of friends. He was a sterling citizen, an example to all who knew him, in his unostentatious way of meeting the problems and duties of life.

    He leaves a wife, Mrs. Helen Byrne, and children as follows: Walter G., an architect of Los Angeles; Mrs. Harriet Olmstead of Los Angeles; George G., who is connected with the store In Santa Cruz; Gertrude, who after graduating from the University of California, is now taking a course in nursing in a San Francisco hospital; Helen, a teacher: at Covina; Carleton, a student at Stanford university, and, Howard at home.

    There are two brothers, Robert E. of Florida and Walter C. of this: city, and three sisters, Clara of San Jose, Susan of the faculty of the California Teachers College at San Jose, and Josephine, an instructor in the Drexel school near Palo Alto.  [11] 
    Occupation Hardware merchant  [12] 
    Voter Registration 18 Sep 1888  333 Eddy Street, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    • 2nd Floor, Room F, listed as Salesman (3rd Precinct, 38th Assembly District)
    Residence 1890  312 Eddy Street, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    • Working as salesman for Holbrook, Merrill & Stetson
    Voter Registration 1892  326 Seventeenth Street, San Francisco, San Franciso, CA USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 
    • “Traveling Salesman” living in Upstairs
    Residence 1900  Santa Cruz Ward 3, Santa Cruz, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [16] 
    Residence 1910  Santa Cruz Ward 4, Santa Cruz, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Residence 1910  r. 326 King, Santa Cruz, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  [17] 
    Residence 1914  320 King Street, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    • 35 Byrne, George G Progressive Merchant 320 King Street, Santa Cruz
    Residence 1920  Santa Cruz Ward 4, Santa Cruz, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Death 28 Dec 1923  Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 18, 19] 
    Burial 31 Dec 1923  IOOF Cemetery, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I696  Hugh Byrne and Nanette Asimov Lines
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2024 

    Father BYRNE, George Griffing,   b. Abt 1833, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Nov 1891, 137 Maple Avenue, Jackson, Jackson, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years) 
    Mother EARLEY, Henrietta,   b. 14 Apr 1838, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Nov 1910, Jackson, Jackson, MI, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage 22 Dec 1856  Rock Island, IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [20] 
    Albums
    John Byrne Descendants    		John Byrne Descendants (59)
    Descendants of John Byrne of Windham Connecticut (1760-1830)
    Family ID F127  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family GRAVES, Helen Fidelia,   b. 28 Sep 1867, Bath, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Sep 1948, ALAMEDA, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage 17 Dec 1890  Portland, OR, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [21, 22] 
    Children 
     1. BYRNE, Walter Graves,   b. 2 Nov 1891, San Francisco, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Apr 1949, Oakland, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)
     2. BYRNE, George Griffing,   b. 20 Jul 1894, CALIFORNIA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Apr 1945, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years)
     3. BYRNE, Anna Harriet,   b. 13 Apr 1895, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Nov 1971, Watsonville, Santa Cruz, CA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
     4. BYRNE, Gertrude Mabel,   b. 14 May 1901, California Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. BYRNE, Helen Marian,   b. 15 Mar 1903, California Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. BYRNE, Carlton Earley,   b. 29 Mar 1905, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Aug 1985, Pacific Grove, Monterey, California, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
     7. BYRNE, Howard Sewell,   b. 5 Dec 1913, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Apr 1993, MONTEREY, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    Photos
    HowardByrneHelenGraves    		HowardByrneHelenGraves
    Howard Sewell Byrne & Helen Fidelia Graves
    GeorgeGByrne-HowardSByrne1913    		GeorgeGByrne-HowardSByrne1913
    George Griffing Byrne & Howard Sewell Byrne
    Albums
    John Byrne Descendants    		John Byrne Descendants (59)
    Descendants of John Byrne of Windham Connecticut (1760-1830)
    Family ID F683  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Feb 2010 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 19 Apr 1864 - Jackson, Jackson, Michigan, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 8 Jun 1880 - 137 Maple Avenue, Jackson, Jackson, Michigan, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsVoter Registration - 18 Sep 1888 - 333 Eddy Street, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1890 - 312 Eddy Street, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 17 Dec 1890 - Portland, OR, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsVoter Registration - 1892 - 326 Seventeenth Street, San Francisco, San Franciso, CA USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1900 - Santa Cruz Ward 3, Santa Cruz, California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1910 - Santa Cruz Ward 4, Santa Cruz, California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1910 - r. 326 King, Santa Cruz, CA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1914 - 320 King Street, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1920 - Santa Cruz Ward 4, Santa Cruz, California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 28 Dec 1923 - Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 31 Dec 1923 - IOOF Cemetery, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Co, CA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Photos
    GeorgeGrffingByrne1882    		GeorgeGrffingByrne1882

    Documents
    Closing of Byrne Brothers Hardware    		Closing of Byrne Brothers Hardware
    May 1966
    "Santa Cruz Old Timers Going Out of Business"
    One of Santa Cruz's oldest business firms, Byrne Brothers Hardware, is closing out its books after more than 70 years of continuous operations, it was announced yesterday.
    John Byrne and Roy Mayfield, partners in the store since 1930, said details of the close-out sale will be announced Thursday.
    Byrne Brothers was established in 1894, when two Michigan brothers, George G. and Walter C. Byrne, arrived in Santa Cruz and bought a tinsmith and woodstore. The original location was on Pacific avenue near the present site of Santa Cruz Savings and Loan.
    The business prospered, and in 1905 the firm was moved up the street to its present location at 1531 Pacific ave - 16 Pacific ave in those days. The firm included not only hardware sales, but a plumbing and sheet metal department. The shops behind the store, finally disappeared in 1958, when a city parking lot took over the land.
    Mayfield, a native of Tennessee, has been with Byrne Brother for all his business life, joining the firm in 1916. He and John Byrne bought an interest in the company in 1930, buying out the share of George Byrne. The partners in 1930 were Mayfield, Byrne, and John's father, Walter Byrne, one of the founders. An active partner was Helen Byrne, widow of the other founder, George G. Byrne.
    For more than 50 years, the store has provided free scales for friends and customers dropping in. An old-style beam platform scale was first used, the sort with sliding weights. Later the Toledo dial scales were installed still in use, regularly tested and sealed for accuracy.
    Byrne said neither he nor Mayfield has made plans beyond the closing sale. Once the stock is sold out, they hope to sell the building and site, he said.
    Another old-timer about the store is a pickup truck which Byrne described as "of this generation" -- a 1939 truck with the original paint and lettering on it. The truck is still in regular use.

  • Sources 
    1. [S230] Index of Cemetery Records of Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz IOOF Cemetery Records, (Santa Cruz Genealogical Society), George Griffing Byrne, Michigan Native, 31 Dec. 1923.

    2. [S14] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006), Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004. Indexed by ProQuest from microfilmed schedules of the 1910 U.S. Federal Decennial Census. Data imaged from National Archives and Records Administration. 1910 Federal Population Census. T624, 1,784 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. 4-Wd Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, ED 129, roll 106, part 3, page 174A.

    3. [S14] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006), Online publication - Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2006. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910.T624, 1,.

    4. [S15] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005), Online publication - Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 on roll 323 (Chicago City.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. W.

    5. [S15] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005), Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2005. Indexed by Ancestry.com from microfilmed schedules of the 1920 U.S. Federal Decennial Census. Data imaged from National Archives and Records Administration.1920 Federal Population Census. T625, 2,076 rolls. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.

    6. [S35] Ancestry.com, California Death Index, 1940-1997, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000), Online publication - Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2000.Original data - State of California. California Death Index, 1940-1997. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics.

    7. [S103] Ancestry.com, One World Tree (sm), (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., n.d.), Online publication - Ancestry.com. OneWorldTree [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc.

    8. [S11] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005), 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved., All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site.

    9. [S311] Family Bible George G Byrne & Helen Graves, Goerge Griffing Byrne, Born April 19, 1864 - Jackson Michigan.

    10. [S1427] George Byrne in the 1880 United States Federal Census, Maple Ave / Byrne, George Jr / White / Male / Age 16 / Son / Single / Occupation: At School / Birthplace Mich / Birthplace of Father Conn / Birthplace of Mother Penn.

    11. [S1243] Death of George G Byrne Shocks Whole City; Will Be Missed in Business and Social Life of Community .

    12. [S454] Index of Great Register, 35 Byrne, George G Progressive Merchant 320 King Street, Santa Cruz.

    13. [S1400] George Byrne Voter Registration 1888.

    14. [S1085] Langley, (1890).

    15. [S1399] George Byrne in San Francisco Voting Register 1892.

    16. [S13] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004), Online publication - Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900.T623, 1854 rolls. Santa Cruz, California, ED 90, roll T623 112, page 22A.

    17. [S117] Thurston, Santa Cruz County Resident and Business Directory, 1910, 32.

    18. [S54] California Death Index 1905-1929, Byrne, George G. Age 59, Spouse initial H. Date of Death - 12/25/1923, 1479.

    19. [S311] Family Bible George G Byrne & Helen Graves, George Griffing Byrne Sr., Dec 28 1923.

    20. [S65] Jordan Dodd and Liahona Research, comp., Illinois Marriages, 1851-1900, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005).

    21. [S249] Leon Rowland, Leon Rowland Collection, (Collection of cards and histories by Leon Rowland), George Griffin - d. Dec. 28, 1923, SC; 59; Michigan., Came to SC 1889; worked for uncle, C.B.Byrne in, Heath & Byrne. About 1893 m. Helen Graves (not of SC);, left widow, Helen. Sons- Walter G., in LA; George G. in, SC; Carlton at Stanford. Dtrs - Mrs. Harriet Olmstead in.

    22. [S311] Family Bible George G Byrne & Helen Graves, Married at Portland Oregon Dec 17 1890.


This site powered by The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding v. 14.0.3, written by Darrin Lythgoe © 2001-2024.

Maintained by Hugh Byrne. | Data Protection Policy.